How To Install liblircclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblircclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblircclient-dev
liblircclient-dev is:
Virtual, empty package used in the process of incorporating liblircclient-dev in new package liblirc-dev.
Package: liblircclient-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.10.1-6.1 Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: lirc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Lirc Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 41 Depends: liblirc-dev Filename: pool/main/l/lirc/liblircclient-dev_0.10.1-6.1_amd64.deb Size: 4228 MD5sum: 5ef08fd50cd835dda04e0da0df9e3dae SHA1: cfc7d78a9a05209223d1232c1a8e58268f9a3c89 SHA256: 7a5c640549a3657e7e03060ac51e369bece97db7757475ea432f399f1d3ac366 Homepage: https://sf.net/p/lirc Description-en: Transitional placeholder for obsoleted liblircclient-dev Virtual, empty package used in the process of incorporating liblircclient-dev in new package liblirc-dev.
There are three methods to install liblircclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblircclient-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblircclient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblircclient-dev
Install liblircclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblircclient-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblircclient-dev
Install liblircclient-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install liblircclient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblircclient-dev
How To Uninstall liblircclient-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblircclient-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblircclient-dev
Uninstall liblircclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblircclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblircclient-dev
Remove liblircclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblircclient-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblircclient-dev
Remove liblircclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblircclient-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblircclient-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblircclient-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
